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Miss the Middle Ages? Try Afghanistan
Post Date: 2010-10-28 19:25:47 by tom007
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Miss the Middle Ages? Try Afghanistan The political model that best illustrates the philosophy and practice of the Afghan government is a medieval court. 130Share 0diggsdigg By Nancy Goldstone October 16, 2010 * EmailE-mail * printPrint * Share * increase text size decrease text size Text Size la-oe-goldstone-karzai-20101016 As a person who spends her time immersed in the Middle Ages, I would ordinarily be the first to point out how irrelevant this pastime is to modern society. There is very little reason to tweet or blog about people who have been dead for 600 years. However, the recent revelation that large numbers of President Hamid Karzai's relations have taken over positions ...
UN calls on Obama to investigate Bush-era war crimes
Post Date: 2010-10-28 08:18:45 by Tatarewicz
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In the wake of the release of 400,000 documents by Wikileaks, the United Nations has called on U.S. President Barack Obama to order a full investigation of crimes committed against the Iraqi people following the invasion and occupation that was directed by George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak declared that the Obama administration had a legal and moral obligation to fully investigate credible claims of US forces' complicity in torture. Nick Clegg, the deputy Prime Minister in the UK has, in the wake of the recent revelations, also called for an investigation into the reports of mass torture disclosed in the newly released ...
Glorious War!
Post Date: 2010-10-27 14:35:20 by ghostdogtxn
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Top Saddam ally to be hanged (Tariq Aziz)
Post Date: 2010-10-27 09:48:43 by Red Jones
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Top Saddam ally to be hanged Court gives death sentence to aide who persecuted Shiites by Barbara Surk and Rebecca Santana - Oct. 27, 2010 12:00 AM Associated Press BAGHDAD - Tariq Aziz, the dapper diplomat and highest-ranking Christian in Saddam Hussein's regime, was sentenced Tuesday to death by hanging for persecuting members of the Shiite religious parties that now dominate the country. The decision to execute the 74-year-old Aziz, who has suffered a series of strokes in prison, shows the depth of hatred among the country's current Shiite leadership for top figures in a Baathist regime that sent hundreds of thousands of opponents to death or exile. Among Shiites in the ...
Media war: WikiLeaks v the Pentagon
Post Date: 2010-10-26 08:54:03 by tom007
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Media war: WikiLeaks v the Pentagon Analysing the media coverage of the latest WikiLeaks release reveals some interesting insights. Danny Schechter Last Modified: 25 Oct 2010 16:07 GMT The Pentagon is engaged in a different kind of conflictp; an information war with Julian Assange's WikiLeaks website has significantly eroded the credibility of US military planning, protocol and enactment [EPA] It happened on a Friday, the anniversary of the first US casualties of the Vietnam War way back in 1957. It was also the anniversary, in 1964, of French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre’s announcement that he was turning down the Nobel Prize. It was the day this year that the often shadowy ...
Aziz: US is leaving Iraq to wolves Jailed ex-Iraqi deputy PM says Iraq is in a worse state than before the US-led
Post Date: 2010-10-26 08:32:33 by tom007
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Aziz: US is leaving Iraq to wolves Jailed ex-Iraqi deputy PM says Iraq is in a worse state than before the US-led Send Feedback Send Feedback Aziz said the West's view of late president Saddam Hussein was wrong [File: AFP] Tareq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former deputy prime minister, has accused the US president of "leaving Iraq to the wolves" by pressing ahead with a withdrawal of combat troops despite a recent upsurge in violence. In an interview with Britain's Guardian newspaper on Friday, Aziz said the United States should stay in the country to correct the mistakes it had made since the 2003 invasion. "We are all victims of America and Britain," he told ...
Bull Feather Merchant Marines
Post Date: 2010-10-26 06:29:09 by Ada
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The New York Times continues to serve as headquarters of the Pentagon’s bull feather merchant marines. The headline of an Oct. 20 Times piece by Carlotta Gall on the Kandahar offensive read “Coalition Forces Routing Taliban in Key Afghan Region.” Nothing in the text of the piece supported the conclusion that anything remotely like a “rout” is taking place. “NATO commanders” told Gall that they are making “deliberate progress.” Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, the British commander of NATO forces in the Kandahar offensive, says, “We now have the initiative. We have created momentum.” Lt. Col. Rodger Lemons, who commands Task Force 1-66 and who ...
[Nearly Ten Years for Nothing] Karzai: We receive cash from Iran
Post Date: 2010-10-25 20:42:14 by buckeroo
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Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has said that his office receives cash in bags from Iran. The Afghan leader said on Monday that this method of aid distribution is transparent and helps cover government expenses. He also said that the US makes similar cash payments. The comments came after a report on Sunday that Karzai's chief of staff, Omar Dawoodzai, receives covert bagfuls of money - possibly as much as $6 million in a single payment - sent by neighbouring Iran in a bid to secure influence. Karzai said the money was used for palace expenses, salaries and for "people outside," but gave no further details. The New York Times, citing an unnamed Afghan official, said ...
The Planned World War 3 - A Play in Numerous Acts
Post Date: 2010-10-25 14:17:07 by christine
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World War Three in Brief A Three World War scenario was developed several decades ago (see Conspiratorial History). Two World Wars have already been achieved, and the Third and final World War envisions an attack on Iraq, Iran and/or Syria as being the trigger to set the entire Middle East into fiery conflagration. Once America is firmly entrenched into the Middle East with the majority of her first-line units, North Korea is to attack South Korea. Then, with America's forces stretched well beyond the limit, China is to invade Taiwan. This will usher in the start of World War Three. World War Definition: What constitutes a 'world war'? How many countries need to be involved? ...
Video: Iraq War Logs Every Death Mapped - From Wikileaks and Guardian MIRROR
Post Date: 2010-10-25 12:14:29 by Horse
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Frago 242
Post Date: 2010-10-25 11:14:13 by ghostdogtxn
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U.S. announces $60 billion arms sale for Saudi Arabia
Post Date: 2010-10-25 10:33:17 by Red Jones
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U.S. announces $60 billion arms sale for Saudi Arabia Wed Oct 20, 2:06 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to sell up to $60 billion worth of military aircraft to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday in a move designed to shore up a region overshadowed by Iran. Andrew Shapiro, the assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, told a news conference the U.S. administration did not anticipate any objections to the sale from Israel, traditionally wary of arms sales to nearby Arab countries. "We think it will enhance regional security and stability rather than diminish it," Shapiro told a news conference. The sale, ...
Afghanistan: US military death toll reaches 400
Post Date: 2010-10-25 10:16:24 by Red Jones
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Afghanistan: US military death toll reaches 400 October 22, 2010 Pajhwok Afghan News KABUL: A NATO soldier from US was killed following "an insurgent attack" in eastern Afghanistan, taking the death toll of American soldiers to 400 this year, the alliance said on Thursday. The soldier was killed on Thursday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement. The statement released no further details in line with ISAF policy. The death brings to 598 the number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year. The total for 2009, the second deadliest year, was 521, including 317 American soldiers. US troops are stationed in eastern ...
The Naked Body Scanners and the Military Industrial Complex
Post Date: 2010-10-25 10:09:32 by Eric Stratton
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The Naked Body Scanners and the Military Industrial Complex By Robert Wenzel Saturday, October 23, 2010 This is just a curiosity, but don't for a minute think the Naked Body Scanners that are being placed at airports around the country, and are technically known as backscatters, are coming from what in any way could be considered the private sector. It's tough to pin down, but around every corner of the backscatter are military men and intelligence operatives. The backscatter X-ray was first applied as a commercial security scanning device by Dr. Steven W Smith. Smith is currently President of Spectrum San Diego, a wholly owned subsidiary of the military connected SAIC. The ...
FBI: Bureau of Frame-Ups, Bullying, and Intimidation
Post Date: 2010-10-25 06:43:25 by Ada
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Calling Card of the Surveillance State. "We're going to make this much more difficult for you if you don't cooperate." This stereotypically thuggish threat issued from a stereotypical thug named Vincent, an FBI agent who was among a half-dozen Feds and local police who descended on the Santa Clara home of 20-year-old Yasir Afifi earlier this month. A few days before that visit, Afifi had discovered a government-issue GPS tracking device attached to his car during an oil change. A few days later, one of Afifi's friends posted a photo of the unit (an Orion Guardian ST820 tracking device, which is sold exclusively to law enforcement agencies) to an on-line file-sharing ...
Frago 242
Post Date: 2010-10-25 06:31:44 by Ada
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US war crimes in Iraq revealed by WikiLeaks The biggest US security breach in our history, carried off by WikiLeaks, reveals a wealth of information – hundreds of thousands of field reports, the raw material collected by the US military on the ground in Iraq. It will be quite a while before the “gems” are mined from this treasure trove, but initially the one that stands out as the jewel in the crown is the revelation of “Frago 242” – an order from high up in the US military command instructing officers not to investigate reports of torture and other human rights violations by their Iraqi allies. As the Guardian, one of the media outlets given privileged access ...
A Lifetime Under the American Empire
Post Date: 2010-10-24 23:19:08 by Eric Stratton
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A Lifetime Under the American Empire Via TomDispatch.com, Tom Engelhardt looks back on a lifetime paralleling the rise of the military-industrial complex 52; and recognizes that the American Empire is likely to outlive him. By Tom Engelhardt When you look at me, you can’t mistake the fact that I’m of a certain age. But just for a moment, think of me as nine years old. You could even say that I celebrated my ninth birthday last week, without cake, candles, presents, or certainly joy. I’ve had two mobilized moments in my life. The first was in the Vietnam War years; the second, the one that leaves me as a nine-year-old, began on the morning of September 11, 2001. I turned ...
American al-Qaida: Attack U.S. and Europe
Post Date: 2010-10-24 21:34:44 by Red Jones
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American al-Qaida: Attack U.S. and Europe Oct. 24, 2010 12:00 AM Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt - A U.S.-born spokesman for al-Qaida on Saturday urged Muslims living in the United States and Europe to carry out attacks there, calling it a duty and an obligation. In a 48-minute video posted on militant websites, Adam Gadahn directed his appeal to Muslim immigrants in what he called the "miserable suburbs" of Paris, London and Detroit. "It is the duty of everyone who is sincere in his desire to defend Islam and Muslims today, to take the initiative to perform the individual obligation of jihad ... by striking the Zio-Crusader interests," he said, referring to Western ...
Farahmand Gloria 01 (US Killed Pregnant Women At Roadblocks)
Post Date: 2010-10-23 18:00:16 by Horse
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Poster Comment:Wikileaks discussion includes killing pregnant women at roadblocks.
Iraq war logs: Apache crew killed insurgents who tried to surrender
Post Date: 2010-10-23 17:52:33 by Horse
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US military legal adviser told helicopter crew that Iraqi men were valid targets as they could not surrender to aircraft. A US gunship crew was cleared to attack two insurgents on the ground even though the pilots had reported that the men were trying to surrender, the leaked Iraq war logs reveal. The Apache helicopter pilots killed both Iraqi men after being advised by a US military lawyer that they could not surrender to an aircraft and therefore remained valid targets. A leading military law expert consulted by the Guardian has questioned this legal advice. The Guardian can also reveal that the helicopter involved in the incident in 2007 had the same call sign – Crazyhorse 18 ...
The Chances of a War with China are Rising
Post Date: 2010-10-23 14:32:28 by Red Jones
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The Chances of a War with China are Rising By Mike Whitney Global Research, October 22, 2010 Information Clearing House - 2010-10-21 The United States conducts monetary policy the same way it conducts foreign policy; unilaterally. When Fed chairman Ben Bernanke signaled last week that he was planning to restart his bond purchasing program (Quantitative Easing) he didn't consult with allies at the IMF, the G-20 or the WTO. He simply issued his edict, and that was that. The fact that the Fed's policy will flood emerging markets with cheap capital, pushing up the value of their currencies and igniting inflation, is of no concern to Bernanke. He operates on the same theory as former ...
US condemns Iraq war leaks Officials say leak of Iraq war documents endangers the safety of US troops and Iraqi collaborators.
Post Date: 2010-10-23 09:56:17 by tom007
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Ls Officials say leak of Iraq war documents endangers the safety of US troops and Iraqi collaborators. Send Feedback Send Feedback The documents released by WikiLeaks contains allegations that the US turned a blind eye to torture [AFP] US officials have condemned the leak of about 400,000 classified documents related to the Iraq war, saying it endangers American troops and possibly hundreds of Iraqi collaborators. The documents, released to Al Jazeera and a number of other media outlets by WikiLeaks, contain details of civilian casualties and allegations that the US turned a blind eye to abuse committed by Iraqi forces. While declining to discuss the specifics of the documents, Hillary ...
Patrick Cockburn: Echoes of El Salvador in tales of US-approved death squads
Post Date: 2010-10-23 07:46:48 by Ada
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The Iraqi documents released by Wikileaks produce significantly more detail on US actions in the war in Iraq , but do they produce anything that we did not know already? The Pentagon will huff and puff with rage as it did over the Wikileaks release of US military documents about Afghanistan, when it took the contradictory position that there was little new in what has been leaked, but important sources of intelligence had somehow still been compromised. Related articles * Huge dossier of secret files shows the US ignored torture of Iraqis * This is about the truth, says Wikileaks founder * British troops accused of abusing prisoners in first days of invasion * Jerome Taylor: Wikileaks has ...
WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs: US Troops Abused Prisoners For Years After Abu Ghraib
Post Date: 2010-10-23 07:25:11 by Ada
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Despite a vigorous attempt by the Pentagon to stop WikiLeaks from releasing 400,000 pages of classified military documents about the Iraq War, the group has gone ahead with its latest document dump. To search the documents, click here. And if you find something interesting, tell us about it by emailing wikileaks@huffingtonpost.com Most shockingly, the documents allegedly show that US troops abused prisoners for years even after the Abu Ghraib scandal and that the US ignored systemic abuse, rape and even murder by Iraqi police and soldiers, according to several news reports. In one of the most devastating reports, a US Apache helicopter engaged insurgents involved in a mortar attack upon ...
UN Peacekeepers Complicit in Sex Trade
Post Date: 2010-10-23 05:26:45 by Stephen Lendman
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UN Peacekeepers Complicit in Sex Trade - by Stephen Lendman An earlier article, titled "UN Peacekeeping Paramilitarism" explained that although Blue Helmets are supposed to restore order, maintain peace and security, and help people transition to stability, they usually create more conflict than resolution as imperial enforcers, committing human rights abuses against vulnerable people, nearly always unpunished. The article can be accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2007/02/un-peacekeeping-paramilitarism.html Wherever they're deployed, it's the same. In Haiti, for example, where for the first time ever, an illegal MINUSTAH mission enforced ...
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